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Industry
Quantum Computing Simulates 12,635-Atom Protein — Largest Ever
Using two IBM Heron processors, the Fugaku supercomputer, and a refined embedding workflow, researchers modeled protein-ligand complexes in solution at a scale 40 times larger than their previous result — four months earlier.
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How Quantum Snake Oil Vendors Respond When You Ask Hard Questions
The questions you ask matter less than the answers you get back. Here's a field guide to the deflection tactics of questionable quantum vendors — and what legitimate companies say instead.
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Simulated Quantum Entanglement
"Simulated quantum entanglement" appears in product marketing for classical security devices. The physics is clear: the security properties of entanglement vanish the moment you simulate it.
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Quantum Snake Oil: A Field Guide to Misleading Quantum Technology Marketing
Sixteen terms. Two tracks. One field guide. The quantum technology market has the exact conditions that produce fraud in every emerging sector: high buzz, big money, low buyer literacy, and complex underlying science that most decision-makers cannot independently evaluate. This…
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Quantum AI Trading
"Quantum AI Trading" platforms promise automated crypto profits powered by quantum computing. Financial regulators in over a dozen countries have identified them as fraud. No quantum technology is involved.
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Quantum-Proof
"Quantum-proof" implies a mathematical guarantee that no post-quantum algorithm has. Standards bodies deliberately avoid this term. When a vendor uses it, ask what they actually mean.
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Quantum-Grade Encryption
No standards body defines "quantum-grade encryption." Like its predecessor "military-grade encryption," the term sounds authoritative while communicating nothing about what algorithm is used or what security properties the product provides.
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Quantum Consciousness
A Princeton lab spent 28 years claiming human intention could influence quantum random number generators. The lab closed. The claims didn't. Here's how legitimate quantum hardware became a prop for pseudoscience.
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Quantum-Grade Security
Multiple vendors and market reports use "quantum-grade security" and "quantum-level randomness" as if these are defined certification tiers. No standards body has ever created them. Here's what the terms actually mean, and what to ask instead.
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Quantum-Safe Certified
No general "quantum-safe certification" exists anywhere in the world. When a vendor claims their product is "quantum-safe certified," ask them to name the certifying body. They will not be able to.
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Military-Grade Quantum Encryption
"Military-grade quantum encryption" stacks two marketing terms, neither of which has a technical definition. The result is a phrase that sounds twice as authoritative while communicating nothing.
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Quantum Security Reference
What Is a QBOM (Quantum Bill of Materials)?
QBOM stands for Quantum Bill of Materials, but the term is used inconsistently across the industry. Some mean an inventory of quantum computing components; others mean a cryptographic inventory viewed through quantum risk. This reference sorts out the terminology and…
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Quantum-Inspired Encryption
"Quantum-inspired" is a legitimate term in optimization and machine learning. In a security and encryption context, it is a red flag. Classical algorithms do not inherit quantum security properties by borrowing quantum vocabulary.
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What Is Trust Now, Forge Later (TNFL)?
Trust Now, Forge Later is the quantum threat to digital signatures. While Harvest Now, Decrypt Later targets confidentiality, TNFL targets trust — and the consequences may be more systemic. I coined the concept in 2018, and the research since has…
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Quantum Blockchain
Adding a quantum random number generator or a post-quantum signature to a classical blockchain does not make it a "quantum blockchain." The prefix implies a physics transformation that has not occurred.
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